Listen to The Country online: Halter CEO Craig Piggott on venture capital raise

Halter founder and chief executive Craig Piggott spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Halter founder and chief executive Craig Piggott.

Mackay wants to learn how the business smashed its own record for the largest venture capital raise by a New Zealand‑founded company.

On with the show:

Christopher Luxon:

The Prime Minister comments on the fuel crisis, the tax credit relief package, Winston Peters and Halter.

Craig Piggott:

Virtual fencing and herd-system firm Halter has doubled its valuation in less than a year to $3.4 billion (US$2 billion), as Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads a $377 million capital raise. This is the largest ever by a New Zealand company.

We ask the founder and chief executive what he’s going to do with all that money.

Stefan Vogel:

The Sydney-based general manager of RaboResearch crunches the numbers on fuel and fertiliser coming out of the Middle East.

Unfortunately, those numbers don’t make good reading.

Chloe Butcher-Herries and George Dodson:

Today’s farmer panel features two young farmers concerned about Safer Farms.

Jacqueline Rowarth:

A leading primary sector academic says, “Never in history has food been so abundant, so varied and so safe to eat”.

Listen below: